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China’s official People’s Daily newspaper lambasted the U.S. when it led the most recent RIMPAC naval drill, the Pacific Ocean military simulation held every other year. The 22-nation exercise reflected Washington’s bid to “contain the military rise of another country,” it said.

Eight Chinese ships entered Japan- controlled waters near an island chain claimed by both nations, a day before the first anniversary of Japan’s purchase of the territory that sparked protests across China.

China’s incursion this week into Japanese waters was “serious” and “extremely regrettable,” a Cabinet official said yesterday, a year after Japan purchased the disputed islands and sparked protests in Chinese cities.

As a junior in high school, Anne Marie Urban spent seven weeks at a summer program at Harvard University, and received recommendations from professors there that she’s sure helped her get into the University of Chicago.

Hans Bernhard and Mitch Null say they may leave North Carolina -- taking their daughter, their jobs as a veterinarian and an information technology business operations manager at Cisco Systems Inc. and the tax revenue from their properties.